DUFFY DOES IT AGAIN

DUFFY LOWERS E.R.A. TO UNDER 3.00

DANNY DUFFY reeled off his fourth scoreless outing of the season Sunday afternoon in Burlington, Iowa as his Burlington Bees shut out the West Michigan Whitecaps 6-0 in a Class A Midwest League game.

Duffy pitched five innings allowing no runs and only one hit, a single. He struck out five and walked three, a rather high number by his standards, but he did not allow a Whitecap runner to advance to third base.

The victory gave Duffy a 5-4 record for the season and the shutout lowered his earned run average below 3.00 to 2.98, the lowest it has been this season.

Even better, in his last ten outings his ERA has been a sensational 1.99. His strikeout to walk ratio is now a phenomenal 73-14.

Even better yet, and speaking to Duffy’s competitiveness, his victory came at the expense of Jonathan Kibler, the Whitecap hurler who entered the contest ranked No. 2 in the league in ERA at 1.92.

The Bees are a Kansas City affiliate, the Whitecaps are with the Detroit Tigers. Duffy graduated from Cabrillo High just 13 months ago.